EVERYTHING STARTED WITH A MOVIE

Strawberries and Chocolate, the first, and as of now only, Cuban film nominated for an Oscar (in 1994), motivated many travelers to come to Cuba to experience the reality behind the fiction. They came with the idea of experiencing the places they’d seen in the film and to enjoy the Cuba that seduced its protagonists.
The film’s directors Tomas Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabio had decided to use our home as La Guarida de Diego, or The Den of Diego, the protagonist of the movie who sent the world a message against intolerance.
In 1996, after the filming of this famous movie, we decided to take on the adventure of transforming our home into what the world knows today as Paladar La Guarida.
Enrique y Ode, founding owners of Paladar La Guarida

"THE SPECIAL OF THE DAY CONSIST NOT WHAT THE NUÑES WANT TO THE GET RID OF, BUT WHAT THEY THINK WILL YOU HAPPIEST"

FODORS

"THE GREATEST AND MOST MAGICAL IS LA GUARIDA, SO MAGICAL THAT IS TEMPTING TO PROTECT IT BY WITHHOLDING ITS ADDRESS"

THE GUARDIAN

"LA REINA SOFÍA SE SUMERGIÓ EN LA REALIDAD CUBANA. ENTRAÑABLE CENA EN LA PALADAR LA GUARIDA"

EL PAIS

"...IT'S THE MOST FAMOUS OF HABANA'S PALADARES"

NEW YORK TIMES

"THE CITY´S BEST RESTAURANTS. LA GUARIDA IS THE HARDEST TABLE TO RESERVE ON THE ISLAND THIS REMAINS THE HIPPEST, BEST RESTAURANT IN HAVANA"

CIGAR AFICIONADO
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